Pyroxylin collar.



P. A. GUDGER. .PYROXYLIN COLLAR. APPL'IOVATION FILED JUNE 2, 190a.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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FRANCIS A. GUDGER, .OFNEW YORK, N. Y., AssleNoR T0 ARLINGTON COMPANY, OE NEW a YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF N W JERSEY.

PYROX YTLIN COLLAR.

To all whom concern; I

Be it known that I, FRANCIS; A. GUECER,

- of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, (whose post-oflice address is 725 Broadway, {New York city,) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pyroxylin Collars, of which the following is a' specification', reference being had.

to the accompanying drawing, which is" a perspective View, artly broken away, of one orm of collar'em Ody n my invention.

In the manufacture 0% yi'o lin collars it is desirable to impart to t he co lar a rough finish so as to simulate the ap earanceof linen, but adifliculty has been ound in the use-of such collars due to the fact that a rough surface on the interior of the collar makes 'it'diflicult to adjust thenecktie', for between the adjacent rough surfaces. I a

My invention consists in overcoming this 'difliculty by making a collar having a rough exterior-finish"asindicated at '2 and im artin to it on the interior surface a pohshed finlsh as indicated atv 3, and I find that in this way the tie can be readily adjusted in the collar, and a more useful and eflicient collar, having all the advantages in appearance of the ordinary linen-finished collar can be produced;

ordinarily im arted by pressingthe collar either in amo dor whlle the pyroxylin is in sheet form, between linen cloths, but I have. found that it is not desirable to attempt to impart the polished finish at the same opera-' tion as that in which the rou h finish is iven;,for to place a polished an rough sur- Specification of Letters Patent. I Application 11106. June 2, 1905., Serial No. 486,806. 7

ace at once on opposite sides of the collar A Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

or sheet re uires a heavier pressure to'produce the. o ished surface than is needed to prod ce. t e rough surface, and therefore exaggerates the roughness of thecollar and produces undesirable effects. It is therefore preferable to impart the polished surface to the collar at a separate operation. Where the rough surface is given to the pyroxylin in sheet form I take the sheet, either before or after it has been pressed to give the rough surface, and polish the sheet on one side with a buifing'wheel Or subject it to heat and pressure a amst a polishedplate.

, Where t e collar is to be molded with a rough surface, I take the collar-blank after it is finished in the mold and polish it on the inner surface with a bufiing wheel.

' Collars produced as above described would have tabs with smooth surfaces which being exposed toview would be undesirable. I

prefer to obviate this difliculty by roughening the surface of the tabs as indicated at 4,

which I may do by stamping them with a linen stamp or by finishing them with arough wheel, that is, a wheel to which ash or pumice is applied. Iclaim as my invention.

1. A composition collar having a rou h- I ened exterior surface and a polished interior I surface. The rough finish of the pyroxylin collar is outer surface, a polished inner surface an tabs-with roughened surfaces.

2. A composition collar having a rough In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 

